CN105143086A

CN105143086A - Corner piece for forming a corner of a container, container provided with such corner piece, and gripper arm and gripper which can cooperate with such corner pieces

Info

Publication number: CN105143086A
Application number: CN201480019060.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒂姆·凡卡姆佩恩
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: B. de Jonhe; C. Ingham; Clever Solutions Private Ltd; T. Van Campen; W. Drake
Priority date: 2013-04-09
Filing date: 2014-04-08
Publication date: 2015-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 2034-04-08
Also published as: CN105143086B; HK1213867A1; SG11201507908RA; EP2984019A1; WO2014167489A1; DK2984019T3; EP2984019B1; BR112015025515A2; US10308424B2; BE1021645B1; US20160068338A1

Abstract

A corner piece (1) for forming a corner (2) of a container (3), has a hold (32,50) which can be grabbed by external gripping means (45,51), stacking means (14) in the shape of a solid protrusion (14) and coupling means (15) which can be activated and deactivated and which comprise a movable coupling element (16) which can be moved between an activated position and a deactivated position, as well as an activator mechanism (18) for activating and deactivating the coupling means (15), which activator mechanism (18) can be coupled to external driving means (46).

Description

For the formation of freight container turning corner piece, the freight container of this kind of corner piece and the grab arm that can cooperate with this type of corner piece and grasping device be equipped with

The present invention relates to a kind of modified form corner piece for the formation of freight container turning.

The present invention is the part this kind of modified form corner piece being made or formed chassis of container or support frame thus, and this freight container is specifically intended to the cargo-type container for goods transport.

The present invention is specifically related to this type of modified form corner piece, and this corner piece is intended to at another freight container, at harbour, at ship deck or the carrying on other transportation meanss (such as truck or train are like this) and/or stacking and/or fastening containers.

Cargo-type container, being usually also called as shipping container or freight container in brief, is a kind of standardized beam shape chest for goods transport.

By using standard size, freight container can pass through highway, water route and railway transportation and without the need to loading or unloading goods itself.

The most frequently used freight container (such as so-called ISO freight container) builds up around a underframe be made up of 12 support beams substantially or support frame.

As is known, 12 support beams of this type of underframe of cargo-type container are connected by corner piece its far-end close to each other, make an overall formation beam or box-shaped volume like this.

Four bottom girders and four back timbers are interconnected to form a under(-)chassis and a top frame accordingly by this type of rectangular corners thus.

This top frame and under(-)chassis are connected on aforesaid corner piece further by four upright support beams or corner post (jargon is called " corner post ").

If this freight container is intended to the goods transporting member, this underframe is closed in all sides by wall portion usually, and an infeed end in multiple infeed end of this beam shape freight container is equipped with multiple closable door allowing to enter inner space.

The structural strength of this kind of freight container provides mainly through this underframe.Roof and sidewall be made up of shaped steel plate typically, and diapire is normally by making with the timber bottom waterproof.

The freight container also had is intended to carrying liquefied gases but not the goods of member, such as so-called low temperature through transport formula ISO freight container.

They are made up of comparable frame set, and space provides the tank body for storing liquefied gas therein.

The invention still further relates to modified form corner piece, these corner pieces are intended to for all types of freight container, and need not consider the design that customizes for the type of goods according to it.

In a word, freight container must stand various different operation.

Therefore, freight container is constantly such as moved from a kind of transportation means (such as truck, train or boats and ships) or lifts to harbour, and vice versa or be moved between some transportation meanss or lift.

Some freight containers be usually stacked in another container top thus and these freight containers to be secured to such as transportation means, harbour like this, or they are connected with each other or the combination of above-mentioned action.

In the cargo-type container of known current use international standard, these freight containers are called as ISO freight container, and eight angular vertexs of underframe are equipped with the corner piece being referred to as " corner casts " or iso standard.

The corner piece of these iso standards is located with accurate distance each other and performs some key functions.

Freight container should and only may rely on the corner piece of its four iso standards.

The corner piece of these iso standards carries at least 8.5 tons usually separately.

This type of known iso standard corner piece is formed primarily of the hollow box body of a cube shaped or beam shape steel substantially, when assembling, three faces of this hollow box body are in fact sightless, this be due on the one hand they be connected to they are provided corner post on, and be connected on the other hand or a top frame or a under(-)chassis two inclined shore beams on.

These three visible side faces are equipped with an opening oval substantially, this opening passes into boring space in this corner piece and therefore this opening can be used as a kind of receptor of the gripping device, bunching device or the blocking device that are equipped with lug boss, and this lug boss can be inserted in this opening.

The corner piece of these iso standards makes these ISO freight containers being equipped with them easily can stand described multiple different operation.

They can cooperate from various different gripping device, bunching device, blocking device and connecting device to use one of major advantage of the corner piece of these iso standards to be.

Such as pick up ISO freight container together with the object that the corner piece of these iso standards allows to be called with jargon " container spreader (spreader) " or grasping device, these container spreaders or grasping device are referred to as " straddle carrier " provides at wharf crane and jargon usually.

For this purpose, this type of grasping device for ISO freight container is equipped with four grab arm, these four grab arm meet or can meet four turnings of the top frame of cargo-type container, and these grab arm are equipped with typical gripping device separately, and jargon is called " twist lock ".

This type of gripping device or twist lock exist with multiple different form, and they have a common feature, namely they are equipped with a rotatable lug boss, this lug boss has one and asymmetricly widens far-end, this arrangement makes at least to widen this lug boss when far-end is arranged in the first orientation can be introduced into this oval opening when this is asymmetric, and this asymmetric far-end of widening, can only be removed by from this oval opening under the limited conditions after the inner space of the corner piece of this iso standard rotates.

In fact, the grasping device of this type of straddle carrier and harbour Jack is equipped with externally actuated gripping device or twist lock.

In order to stacking is equipped with the ISO freight container of iso standard corner piece, employ the bunching device being called as " heap cone " shape, this heap cone is made up of a panel element, and this panel element is equipped with a lug boss in the opening being assembled to iso standard corner piece and utilizes this heap to bore the freight container displacement each other that can prevent the stacking caused due to horizontal force at either side.

The bunching device of these " heap cone " shapes normally by carman be manually placed on two to need by the freight container of stacking between four corner and removing of these " heap cones " also completed by them, this is a consuming time and the work of also danger close usually.

The corner piece of these iso standards also makes the ISO freight container be assembled together with it be fastened to scene by the blocking device such as provided on ship deck or on the load wagon of truck, lorry or other types.

This type of ISO fastening container is realized by blocking device on scene or vehicle, these blocking devices are made up of multiple twist lock usually, these blocking devices are either permanently mounted on involved on-the-spot upper or involved transportation means usually, and these blocking devices typically need the M/C of carman.

Particularly when loading vehicles, the steady job consuming time of these blocking devices adversely have impact on conveying efficiency.

The lucky freight container be loaded on truck, lorry or other load trucks by container handling crane must be fixed by aforesaid blocking device, and this operation " loaded " position keeps being occupied simultaneously.

Another operation, this operation usually need freight container have before operation combination, i.e. these freight containers of stacking, thus these freight containers be additionally interconnected or in other words mutually locking to prevent these freight containers relative to deck or any displacement relative to each other or inclination.

When ISO freight container matches with the corner piece of iso standard, use connecting device for this purpose, this connecting device has the function of guiding or location and the lock function for connecting in stacking procedure.

Equally for this purpose, the connecting device that usually to provide with middle twist lock be form, they coordinate at two far-ends, and each far-end thus in these far-ends can be locked on a single freight container or some freight containers separately.

Be different from the bunching device of " heap cone " form, the connecting device of middle " twist lock " form not only can resist horizontal force, can also resist the separating force in container tilt situation.

This type of known connecting device or middle twist lock is used to be that its locking needs M/C to connect a known disadvantage of freight container.

But not every middle twist lock all needs the M/C of equal number.

Completely manually two twist lock obviously needs maximum M/Cs, and thus when connection two freight containers, described middle twist lock must all by manual locking on two freight containers.

But now, the most frequently used is twist lock in the middle of Semi-automatic locking, and these middle twist locks need by the bottom manuallyd locate at the first freight container, but when this freight container is placed on the second freight container, automatically complete locking.

But when again being risen from the second freight container by aforementioned first freight container, first these Semi-automatic locking twist locks must manually discharge again, and this is work very consuming time, particularly for the freight container of high stacking.

Really, when high stacking freight container, carman must utilize stock to unlock this Semi-automatic lock, or this carman must come to be unlocked before this freight container of unloading near this middle twist lock.

The middle twist lock that freight container can also be locked by full automaticity is interconnected, a problem after which solving, thus makes the last freight container placed can be raised and directly manually intervene without the need to carman is any from the freight container previously provided.

Connect to the releasing of the freight container linked together by lockable, the middle twist lock of this type of full automaticity the make rise of freight container and the combination of rotational motion or so-called " flip-flop movement " that are equipped with particular by " container spreader " to realize.

But, lockable for these full automaticitys, two twist lock is removed from the freight container that has risen and still needs M/C.

In addition, lockable, the middle twist lock of these full automaticitys must be arranged in exactly on freight container according to AD HOC and in fact work to make aforementioned " upset " for separating of freight container move.

In order to connect freight container, lockable, the middle twist lock of this full automaticity can be equipped with a lug boss with on a far-end of horizontal expansion projection, this will be called as nose hereinafter, people must guarantee when providing these middle twist locks thus, and these noses on the first end face point to first direction and nose on opposite end face is directed in opposite directions.

The mistake occurred when placing lockable, the middle twist lock of these full automaticitys can cause the massive losses of time and and then cause economic loss.

Be clear that iso standard corner piece has lot of advantages according to aforementioned, but also have very a large amount of shortcomings.

First, under many circumstances, when operation is equipped with the freight container of this type of iso standard corner piece, M/C is needed, these M/Cs be consuming time and and then reduce the efficiency of transportation, M/C is normally dangerous for operator simultaneously.

Another shortcoming of the corner piece of known iso standard is that they do not provide standardized solution for different demand when manipulating containers, thus cause needing much different instruments, its form is as above very different gripping device, bunching device, blocking device and connecting device.

Equally, the object of this invention is to provide the solution to one or several shortcomings in other aforesaid or possible shortcomings.

Another object of the present invention is exploitation system, and this system allows a small amount of or do not have manual errors, thus produces safer system.

Another object again of the present invention be to guarantee pulsation-free be transformed into one new and more effective for the treatment of and the system of fastening containers, accordingly in this new system, the freight container of the iso standard of the corner piece of the iso standard used at present is equipped with still can by using without any problem, thus to allow to realize progressive substituting.

For this purpose, first the present invention relates to a kind of modified form corner piece for the formation of freight container turning, and this corner piece comprises a main body, and this main body is designed to be provided between the rib of this freight container, and this corner piece comprises following element extraly thus:

-one maintaining part, this maintaining part has a shape can picked up by outside gripping device;

-bunching device, this bunching device comprises a fixed part, and this fixed part stretches out to form a static lug boss from this main body; And

-connecting device, these connecting devices can activated and remove actuating and these connecting devices contain a moveable Connection Element and one for making these connecting devices activate and removing the actuator mechanism activated, move between the position that this Connection Element can activate at and the position of removing actuating, and this actuator mechanism can be connected in external driver device.

In addition, the invention still further relates to a kind of grab arm, this grab arm can with according to of the present invention as above Essential Terms the modified form corner piece that defines cooperate, this grab arm forms a supplementary part of the present invention thus, utilizes grab arm according to the present invention can appear with most basic form according to the real validity of corner piece of the present invention and actual use because only have.

Specifically, this type of grasping device according to the present invention at least comprises:

-gripping device, this gripping device can grasp the maintaining part of this modified form corner piece; And,

-actuating device, the actuator mechanism that this actuating device can be connected to this type of modified form corner piece utilizes described actuating device can drive this actuator mechanism.

In more basic form, the invention still further relates to a kind of freight container, this freight container comprises at least one under(-)chassis, a top frame and at least four corner posts, these corner posts extend to this under(-)chassis from this top frame, and the far-end of each corner post in its multiple far-end is equipped with a top corner part thus, this corner piece is a part for this top frame, and each corner post is equipped with a bottom corners part on its another far-end, this corner piece is a part for this under(-)chassis, and these four is the top corner part of a top frame part is thus according to the modified form corner piece with the above-mentioned type of the present invention.

In addition, another less basic aspect of the present invention also relates to the grasping device for handling according to freight container of the present invention, in four grab arm that this this type of grasping device is equipped with, the modified form top corner part that these grab arm can be corresponding with this freight container separately cooperates.

According to the first very important advantage of modified form corner piece of the present invention be this modified form corner piece make likely to manufacture can stacking each other to go up each other, can from rise each other, can be interconnected with one another and can be separated from one another and without the need to any extra separating tool such as " heap cone " or " twist lock " etc., and without the need to any manually operated freight container.

First, this means to save a lot of manpower and a lot of time can be obtained, thus make transportation more effectively and thus cause the minimizing of cost of transportation aspect.

In addition, this type of corner piece according to the present invention is conducive to the safety of the work personnel that must handle the freight container being equipped with this type of corner piece widely.

In addition, modified form corner piece according to the present invention allows the normalisation very thoroughly of the transportation realizing freight container, this connecting device or bunching device be integrated in freight container self and by long-range, non-manual actuator controollable.

In order to explain feature of the present invention better, by means of only example not with any ways to restrain, be described with reference to the following preferred embodiment of accompanying drawing to corner piece according to the present invention, freight container, grab arm and grasping device, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrate in perspective view the first embodiment according to corner piece of the present invention, has activated at these these connecting devices;

Fig. 2, is similar to Fig. 1, illustrate in perspective view identical corner piece, according at these these connecting devices being releasing actuating;

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 shows the cross section running through this corner piece, accordingly according to line III-III and IV-IV specified in fig. 1 and 2;

Fig. 5 illustrate in perspective view a possibility embodiment according to freight container of the present invention;

Fig. 6 shows a lateral plan of this freight container according to arrow F6 specified in Figure 5, there is shown herein a grasping device according to the present invention above this freight container;

Fig. 7 with transparent view and amplify form show according to the backplan according to the arrow F7 in grab arm of the present invention in Fig. 6, this grab arm is a part for this grasping device;

Fig. 8 shows in Fig. 6 the grasping device being in deployed condition more;

Fig. 9 and Figure 10 illustrate in perspective view another embodiment according to corner piece of the present invention, wherein these connecting devices be in accordingly actuating with remove activate position;

Figure 11 illustrate in perspective view an alternate embodiment according to grasping device of the present invention, and this grasping device can cooperate with according to the corner piece of Fig. 9 and Figure 10 and the corner piece of iso standard;

The grab arm that Figure 12 and Figure 13 shows the grasping device of Figure 11 is in the lateral plan of diverse location, is when grasping the corner piece of an iso standard and grasping according to corner piece of the present invention accordingly; Further,

Figure 14 to Figure 16, to be similar to the mode of Figure 11 to 13, shows another embodiment again according to grasping device of the present invention.

According to the corner piece 1 of modified form of the present invention, show in such as 1 to Fig. 4, be intended to for the formation of freight container 3 (as in fig. 5 and fig. show) turning 2.

This modified form corner piece 1 is formed primarily of a metal master 4, and this metal master is made up of a beam shaped element part 4 in the illustrated embodiment, and this beam shaped element part has two supporting legs 5 and 6 at a right angle relative to each other to form the L shape 4 of a beam shape.

This L shape main body 4 has two parallel L shape side surfaces 7, and these two side surfaces are connected with 11 with two inside faces 10 at 9 and the interior turning that forms this L shape main body 4 by two outside faces 8 forming the outer turning of this L shape main body 4.

This L shape main body 4 is designed to be provided between the rib of this freight container 3, to extend and the 3rd rib 13 is perpendicular to that another two ribs 12 provide at the bearing of trend of supporting leg 5 and 6 at these two ribs 12.

But, do not get rid of the main body 4 implementing modified form corner piece 1 with a kind of different shape according to the present invention, such as, with the shape of cube or beam.

A static lug boss 14 is equipped with further according to the corner piece 1 of modified form of the present invention, this lug boss is a lug boss 14 selling shape substantially, the bearing of trend AA ' of the arbitrary supporting leg of this lug boss in the supporting leg 5 and 6 of this L shape main body 4 is upper to be extended, and is more or less the centre at supporting leg 5.

This lug boss 14 forms the standing part that the outside face 8 transverse to this L shape main body 4 extends, and stands transverse to aforesaid supporting leg 5 in this standing part.

Described lug boss 14 wherein on this modified form corner piece 1 is designed to when stacking is equipped with the freight container 3 of the corner piece 1 of this type of modified form as a guiding piece, instrument when this lug boss 14 can be considered to be in stacking freight container 3 like this or be therefore considered to bunching device 14.

It should be noted that due to lug boss 14, the mutual displacement of the freight container of the stacking that can also prevent horizontal force from causing.

That this modified form corner piece 1 is equipped with the connecting device 15 that can activated and remove actuating according to another principal character of modified form corner piece 1 of the present invention.

More precisely, these connecting devices 15 comprise a moveable Connection Element 16, this Connection Element can one activate, extended position (as in FIG show) and one remove activate, retracted position (as at Fig. 2 show) between move, by this actuating, this Connection Element 16 of extended position stretches out a certain height H from this main body 4, activated by this releasing, retracted position, this Connection Element 16 is positioned within the profile of this main body 4.

In the example that Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 provides, the Connection Element 16 of this connecting device 15 mainly comprises a block-shape shell 17 and a longitudinal lug boss 19, in this housing, provided a part for this actuating structure 18, this longitudinal lug boss 19 is fixed to the side 20 of described housing 17 and utilizes this lug boss can realize actual connection.

This longitudinal lug boss 19 has a free distal end 21, and this free distal end has the lateral projection part 22 forming nose 22.

This Connection Element 16 can move up and down in the main body 4 of this corner piece 1, and thus in a given embodiment, longitudinal lug boss 19 of this Connection Element 16 cooperates with this lug boss 14.

This static lug boss 14 is provided on side 23 at this, wherein provides a groove 24 in these side 23 central authorities, by this Connection Element 16 of this groove, specifically with this longitudinal lug boss 19 of its nose 22, can move up and down in described groove 24.

In addition, the nose 22 of this lug boss 14 and this Connection Element 16 is all in this side 23 surface thereof, so that in the actuated position of this Connection Element 16, the entirety formed by this lug boss 14 and this longitudinal lug boss 19 forms a rake 25 extended on transverse edge 26 direction of this corner piece 1.

Naturally, the orientation according to the main body 4 of this nose 22 of the present invention this corner piece 1 relative can be different, and this depends on that a people wishes the mode be incorporated into by this corner piece 1 on freight container 3.

In the given embodiment of Fig. 1 to Fig. 4, this actuator mechanism 18 is formed by a worm screw 27 with outside thread 27 ', and this worm screw is rotatably installed in hole 28 that in this main body 4 and this worm screw is to provide in this Connection Element 16.

This hole 28 is equipped with a complementary negative thread 28 ', and this negative thread cooperates mutually with the outside thread 27 ' of this worm screw 27.

This worm screw 27 is in the upper extension of direction BB ', and this direction is parallel to the direction AA' that this static lug boss 14 extends.

Depend on that therefore this worm screw 27 goes up or lower movement by its this Connection Element 16 of hand of rotation rotated.

This worm screw 27 extends upwardly to the outside face 8 of this corner piece 1 with a far-end 29.

This far-end 29 is equipped with one to cave in 30, such as a hexagon or square depression 30, thus makes likely to be connected in external driver device by this actuator mechanism 18, and this will discuss further.

In addition, this corner piece 1 major part is made hollow, and providing multiple opening in the outside face 8 and 9 of this hollow part 31 in the present case thus, is opening 32 and 33 respectively, these openings can play maintaining part, utilize the outside gripping device of this maintaining part can pick up this corner piece 1.

Opening 32 in this outside face 8 is oval, be on all four with the oval opening provided on known iso standard corner piece, make this modified form corner piece 1 can also be picked up by the gripping device as a twist lock shape common in existing freight container like this.

In this embodiment of corner piece 1 according to the present invention, this lug boss 14 and arranged adjacent one another in the maintaining part of opening 32 shape, but might not must be this situation according to the present invention, as by another example further show.

Fig. 5 illustrates according to a freight container 3 of the present invention, and this freight container is equipped with according to modified form corner piece 1 of the present invention.

Have a rectangular top frame 34 formed by four ribs 12 and 13 at this this freight container 3, these ribs are linked together by top corner part 35, and these top corner parts 35 are according to modified form corner piece 1 of the present invention.

Be used as top corner part 35 these according to corner piece 1 of the present invention to a certain extent from Fig. 1 is different to corner piece 1 demonstrated in Figure 4 before, the main body 4 being these corner pieces 1 relative at this this lug boss 14 and connecting device 15 has turned over 1/4th turns, but this does not change the thing of any essence, as become clearly from figure.

This freight container 3 also comprises a rectangular base frame 36, and formed by four ribs 37 equally, these ribs are connected by corner piece 38, but these corner pieces 38 are iso standard types, as known in the preceding sections according to this technology.

This top frame 34 is connected by four corner posts 39 with under(-)chassis 36, and this freight container 3 is all sealed in all sides by plate 40 further, and these plates are provided between involved rib 12,13 or 36 and these corner posts 39.

Be that these four bottom corners parts 38 are equipped with an opening separately to form a under(-)chassis 36 of this freight container 3 according to another principal character of freight container 3 of the present invention, in the position of these four bottom corners parts 38, this opening and four lug bosses 14 provided on four top corner parts 35 of this freight container 3 are complementary, and the freight container 3 that its mode is this type of identical types some with a kind of assembling mode stacking, can be coupled in the opening of bottom corners part 38 of upper container 3 by the lug boss 14 of the top frame 34 making base container 3.

In the example that Fig. 5 is given, this is realized by four bottom corners parts 38, and these bottom corners parts are corner pieces of iso standard.

In order to can connect some freight containers 3 according to identical type of the present invention when stacking and also in order to again be separated them without any need for manual intervention, what need further to guarantee is that the Connection Element 16 of the top corner part 35 making to be in actuated position and the opening of these iso standard bottom corners parts 38 also align by certain mode.

For this purpose, the top corner part 35 of this top frame 34 be not be randomly arranged in this freight container rib between.

In contrast, should guarantee be top corner part 35 on this freight container 3 first end face 41 these Connection Elements 16 on two noses crossed out 22 be all sensing first assigned direction, and two noses crossed out 22 on these Connection Elements 22 of the opposite end face 42 upper top corner piece 35 of this freight container 3 are all directed in opposite directions.

Object be herein obtain a kind of and present common situation, as in the explanation introduction of this technology explain, when using with known middle twist lock that is completely automatic, self-locking the connecting device that is form to be connected freight container the similar arrangement of being applied.

In this way, one just can be connected to according to of the present invention, that its connecting device 15 has been placed in actuated position base container 3 and to be arranged on the identical freight container 3 at its top, this is by making this top container 3 perform by moving downward the aggregate motion that forms with rotary motion and realizing without the need to any manual intervention, this motion be completely according to known, utilizes the motion used together with the freight container completely automatic, self-locking, middle twist lock connects.

Vice versa, is also the same when removing the connection of these freight containers 3.

But, a main difference is to utilize according to freight container 3 of the present invention, these connecting devices 15 itself no longer need any manual operation, because they can be actuated fully automatically and remove actuating, consequently, no longer need manually to install or remove, this depends on whether these freight containers should be connected or not connect.

In order to handle according to freight container 3 of the present invention, a grasping device 43 can be used, in Fig. 6 to Fig. 8, schematically show an example of this grasping device.

As shown, this grasping device 43 is equipped with four according to grab arm 44 of the present invention, can cooperate in this each grab arm 44 with the corresponding top corner part 35 of freight container 3 according to the present invention.

For this purpose, first this type of grab arm 44 has gripping device 45, and this gripping device can pick up this type of top corner part 35 or the maintaining part 32 according to modified form corner piece 1 of the present invention.

In this given embodiment, this is maintaining part 32 by oval opening 32 form and is realized by a twist lock 45, this oval opening is consistent with the opening in the corner piece of iso standard, and this twist lock can be controlled by this grasping device 43 and this twist lock can cooperate with the opening 32 in this top corner part 35 and chamber 31.

Be understood that in this embodiment, according to freight container 3 of the present invention pick up with from the known all fours of the freight container of iso standard, therefore in this case, the freight container of existing iso standard can be moved reposefully according to grasping device 43 of the present invention or its grab arm 44.

But, grab arm 43 according to the present invention also has actuating device 46, this actuating device can be connected on the actuator mechanism 18 according to the connecting device 15 of modified form corner piece 1 of the present invention, and this actuator mechanism 18 just can be driven into and make the connecting device 15 of involved corner piece 1 activate or remove actuating whereby.

Specifically, this actuating device 46 can drive an axle 47 rotatably thus this Zhou47Rao Qi center is rotated in two rotational directions, and makes this axle 47 realize the anterior-posterior translation motion of this grab arm 44 relatively according to the hand of rotation of this axle 47.

Described axle 47 can be connected on the actuator mechanism 18 according to corner piece 1 of the present invention, in this case, this is that a square head portion 48 by providing at free distal end 49 place of this axle 47 realizes, and this head 48 can be provided in the depression 30 at far-end 29 place of the worm screw 27 of the actuator mechanism 18 of this corner piece 1 by the mode coordinated.

By this axle 47 being connected to by the motion of translation performed by this actuating device 46 axle 47 connected on this worm screw 27 and by utilizing this actuating device 46 to rotate this, part 19 with this nose 22 just can move up and down according to the main body 4 of next this corner piece 1 relatively of the hand of rotation of this axle 47, in other words makes these connecting devices 15 therefore to activated or to remove actuating.

It is clear that be very easy to use the transport systems recommended according to the present invention.

Such as, when freight container 3 according to the present invention should by such as with the freight container 3 being stacked in boats and ships maintaining part without any be coupled to each other ground stacking (being often this situation) time (because they are fastened on rail brackets), people only needs to remove to the connecting device 15 making each top corner part 35 of this freight container 3 respective by the actuating device 46 in the grab arm 44 of this grasping device 43 to activate.

Applicable equally when freight container being placed on harbour or transport vehicle (such as truck etc.) is upper, still can be used traditional solid twist lock by being anchored in this oval opening 32 thus.

On the other hand, when when stacking freight container 3, these freight containers 3 must be connected, this can by before being placed on aforementioned freight container 3 in conjunction with the descending motion of top container 3 and rotary motion by another freight container 3, and the connecting device 15 respective by each top corner part 35 of activating freight container by the actuating device 46 in the grab arm 44 of this grasping device 3 has come.

Can easily make them depart from a similar fashion to connect.

According to a preferred embodiment of grasping device 43 of the present invention, these grab arm 44 are slidably mounted in grasping device 43 can adjust distance between these grab arm 44 according to top frame 34 size of this freight container 3, and this is shown in Figure 8.

Therefore, the freight container 3 of very different size can easily be operated.

Fig. 9 and Figure 10 shows another possibility embodiment again according to corner piece 1 of the present invention, and in this embodiment, different functional components is more integrated to a certain extent.

More precisely, the lug boss 14 in this case on this corner piece 1 is not only for simplifying stacking, and it is also used as the maintaining part of the gripping device of an outside grasping device 43.

Maintaining part on this corner piece 1 is formed by a depression 50 in the solid projection portion 14 in this corner piece 1 main body 4.

For this purpose, these grab arm 44 of the grasping device 43 that can cooperate with this type of corner piece 1 are preferably equipped with gripping device, and these gripping devices have with the depression 50 in the solid projection portion 14 in the main body 4 of this corner piece 1 complementary can pick up the shape of this lug boss 14 substantially.

Figure 11 to Figure 16 shows more possibilities of some grasping devices 43, and this grasping device can cooperate with the corner piece according to Fig. 9 and Figure 10.

Multiple gripping device 51 is equipped with in these these grab arm 43, utilize these gripping devices can pick up the dissimilar maintaining part provided on corner piece 1, more precisely, one for picking up the twist lock 45 of the maintaining part of oval opening 32 form consistent with the corner piece of iso standard, as when Figure 12 and Figure 15, and a head 52 with complementary shape, for picking up lug boss 14 by depression 50.

In the embodiment of Figure 11 to Figure 13, people can switch between the two operating modes by rotating this head 52 relative to this twist lock 45, and in the embodiment of Figure 14 to Figure 16, people can be switched by the relative translation between this head 52 and this twist lock 45.

In this way, can again ensure can use the freight container of known iso standard and not have any problem, this is also one object of the present invention.

Certainly, do not get rid of according to other embodiments a lot of of the present invention.

The present invention is in no case limited to the embodiment illustrated by way of example according to modified form corner piece 1 of the present invention, freight container 3, grab arm 44 and grasping device 43; On the contrary, this type of modified form corner piece 1, freight container 3, grab arm 44 and grasping device 43 can be made into various shape and size, meanwhile still keep within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. for the formation of the modified form corner piece (1) at a kind of freight container (3) turning (2), this corner piece (1) comprises a main body (4), this main body is designed to two ribs (12 being provided in this freight container (3), 13) between, it is characterized in that, this corner piece (1) comprises at least following element extraly:

-one maintaining part (32,50), this maintaining part has the shape can picked up by outside gripping device (45,51);

-bunching device (14), this bunching device contains a fixed part, and this fixed part stretches out to form a static lug boss (14) from this main body (4); And,

-connecting device (15), these connecting devices can activated and remove actuating and these connecting devices contain a moveable Connection Element (16) and one for making these connecting devices (15) activate and removing the actuator mechanism (18) activated, move between the position that this Connection Element can activate at and the position of removing actuating, and this actuator mechanism (18) can be connected in external driver device (46).

2. modified form corner piece (1) according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, aforementioned maintaining part (32) has the shape of the oval opening (32) of the oval opening according to iso standard corner piece on the hollow parts (31) of the main body (4) of this corner piece (1), and the gripping device (45) of twist lock (45) shape can be engaged in this oval opening (32).

3. modified form corner piece (1) according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the aforementioned maintaining part (50) on this corner piece (1) is formed by a depression (50) in the solid projection portion (14) in the main body of this corner piece (1) (4).

4. the modified form corner piece (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, it is characterized in that, this Connection Element (16) can that activate, extended position and one remove activate, move between retracted position, this actuating, this Connection Element of extended position (16) extend to from this main body (4) at least in part certain height (H), this releasing activate, this Connection Element of retracted position (16) relatively this actuated position be retracted at least in part in the profile of this main body (4).

5. modified form corner piece (1) according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, the Connection Element (16) of this connecting device (15) is equipped with can in order to perform a longitudinal lug boss (19) of actual connection, it has the free distal end (21) that is equipped with the transversal protuberance (22) forming nose (22), this Connection Element (16) can activate one, the main body of this corner piece (1) (4) inherence thus, stand up position and one remove and activate, move up and down between retracted position, in this actuating, the upper formation erection part of the main body (4) of this longitudinal lug boss (19) of stand up position in this corner piece (1), activate in this releasing, this lengthwise position of retracted position (19) is fully retracted in the main body (4) of this corner piece (1).

6. according to the modified form corner piece (1) of claim 4 or 5, it is characterized in that, this solid projection portion (14) is in the upper formation erection part of this main body (4), this erection part (14) is to provide with on the side (23) of a groove (24), this groove is provided in the central authorities of described side (23), and this Connection Element (16) is provided in this groove so that it can move up and down.

7. the modified form corner piece (1) according to any one of the preceding claims or some items, it is characterized in that, this actuator mechanism (18) is formed by worm screw (27) and turbine (28), extend direction (BB ') is upper this this worm screw (27), this direction is parallel to direction that this solid projection portion (14) extends (AA ') and this turbine (28) hand of rotation that this Connection Element (16) is rotated according to this worm screw (27) and moving up and down thus.

8. freight container (3) comprises at least one under(-)chassis (36), a top frame (34) and at least four corner posts (39), these corner posts (39) extend to this under(-)chassis (36) from this top frame (34), and the far-end of each corner post (39) in its multiple far-end is equipped with a top corner part (35) thus, this corner piece is a part for this top frame (34), and each corner post is equipped with a bottom corners part (38) on its another far-end, this corner piece is a part for this under(-)chassis (36), it is characterized in that, these four is the top corner part (35) of top frame (34) part is the modified form corner piece (1) of type according to any one of the preceding claims.

9. the freight container (3) being equipped with top corner part (35) according to claim 5 according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, two noses crossed out (22) on multiple Connection Elements (16) of the top corner part (35) on first end face (41) of this freight container (3) are all sensing first assigned directions, and two noses crossed out (22) on multiple Connection Elements (16) of opposite end face (42) the upper top corner piece (35) of this freight container (3) are all directed in opposite directions.

10. freight container (3) according to claim 8 or claim 9, it is characterized in that, these four bottom corners parts (38) are equipped with an opening separately to form a under(-)chassis (36) of this freight container (3), four lug bosses (14) that opening at these four bottom corners part (38) places and four top corner parts (35) at this freight container (3) provide are complementary, and its mode is that the freight container (3) of this type of identical types some can with the mode stacking of assembling.

11. freight containers according to claim 10 (3), is characterized in that, these four bottom corners parts (38) are the corner pieces (38) of iso standard.

12. freight containers according to claim 9 and 11, it is characterized in that, the Connection Element (16) of these top corner parts (35) is aimed at the opening in the bottom parts (38) at these iso standards in its actuated position, thus the freight container making these identical (3) can be interconnected with one another by stacking and be again separated, and without the need to manual intervention by a combination freight container in these freight containers (3) being implemented to motion and a rotary motion up or down.

13. grab arm (44), this grab arm can cooperate with a kind of modified form corner piece (1) any one of claim 1 to 7 or described in some items, and it is characterized in that, this tension disk arm (44) at least comprises:

-gripping device (45,51), this gripping device can pick up the maintaining part (32,50) of this modified form corner piece (1); And,

-actuating device (46), the actuator mechanism (18) that this actuating device can be connected to this type of modified form corner piece (1) is gone up and can drive this actuator mechanism (18) by this actuating device.

14. grab arm according to claim 13 (44), it is characterized in that, this actuating device (46) drives an axle (47) to make this axle (47) realize rotary motion on the one hand on two hand of rotation, and makes this axle (47) realize the motion of translation of front and back according to the direction of this axle (47) and make this axle (47) can be connected on the worm screw (27) of the driver train (18) of aforementioned corner piece (1) thus.

15. grab arm (44) according to claim 13 or 14, it is characterized in that, this gripping device (45,51) at least one twist lock (45) is comprised, in the maintaining part (32) that this twist lock oval opening (32) that can be engaged on the hollow parts (31) in the main body (4) of aforementioned corner piece (1) is formed.

16. according to claim 13 to the grab arm (44) any one of 15 or described in some items, it is characterized in that, depression (50) in solid projection portion (14) in the main body (4) of the shape that these gripping devices (45,51) are equipped with and this corner piece (1) is complementary can pick up this lug boss (14).

17. according to claim 13 to the grab arm (44) described in 16, it is characterized in that, this grab arm (44) is equipped with multiple gripping device (51), utilize these gripping devices can pick up different maintaining parts (32,50) on this corner piece (1).

The grasping device (43) for handling freight container (3) any one of 18. according to Claim 8 to 11 or described in some items, it is characterized in that, this grasping device (43) is equipped with four according to claim 13 to the grab arm (44) any one of 17 or described in some items, and each grab arm (43-4) can cooperate with the corresponding top corner part (35) of this freight container (3) separately thus.

19. grasping devices according to claim 18 (43), it is characterized in that, these grab arm (44) are slidably mounted in grasping device (43) so that can according to the distance between these grab arm of the top frame of this freight container (3) (34) size adjusting (44).